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verb

[with object]

Make or repair (a cask or barrel)

‘my father coopered casks and barrels for the ships’

no object‘he worked most of his life coopering for a brewery’

‘Watch and clock makers, coopering, the dairy trade, wagon and carriage making, the building trade are all celebrated, with a range of displays and pictures, and there is a special display on the part played by Westinghouse.’

‘Given that coopering is still very much a manual industry and dependable on skilled tradesmen, our main aim is to ensure that distilleries have a readily available supply of quality casks for their filling programme.’

‘First comes the sherry casks, then there's the traditional bourbon casks from America, and finally it is moved to new oak casks, coopered from American timber.’

‘The advent of metal casks has all but finished the craft of coopering, except at Theakston's brewery in Masham.’

‘It was also used for industrial purposes, including coopering, tanning, glassmaking and iron smelting.’

‘Groups of tools representing industries like coopering were arranged as if awaiting the master craftsman's return from lunch.’